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What happened in history on this day: September 1?
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Personal Computer history:
- 1989 - Grid Systems ships the Grid MXV-01 CD-ROM drive for the Grid 1500 series laptop computer. This is the first CD-ROM drive designed for a battery-powered laptop computer.
- 2000 - Apple Computer begins shipping the new iMac computer. It features a 350 MHz PowerPC G3 processor. It is availble in an indigo blue color case. Price is US$1199.
- 2002 - Libya issues a 100-dinar postage stamp depicting a personal computer.
- 2004 - Logitech introduces the Logitech MX1000 Laser Cordless Mouse, the first commercial mouse to use an invisible laser to detect movement. It features 800 dpi resolution, 5.8-megapixel-per-second image processing rate, ten buttons, scroll wheel, 21-day battery charge. Price is US$79.95.
Video Game history:
- 1966 - Ralph Baer begins developing an idea for game playing using a standard home television monitor, writing a four-page description of his idea.
- 1982 - Atari completes creation of the E.T. the Extraterrestrial game for the Atari 2600.
- 1992 - Nintendo releases the Super Mario Kart video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 1994 - Nintendo releases the Illusion of Gaia video game for the Super NES in the USA.
- 1995 - Williams Entertainment releases the Doom video game for the Super NES in the US.
- 1996 - Sony drops the price of several PlayStation games which have sold over 150,000 copies: Destruction Derby, NHL Face Off, Twisted Metal, WarHawk, WipeOut, NFL GameDay.
- 1996 - Nintendo releases the Donkey Kong Land 2 video game for the Game Boy in the US.
- 2000 - Ubi Soft releases the Rayman 2: The Great Escape video game for the PlayStation.
- 2004 - Nokia announces it has shipped 1 million N-Gage video game systems worldwide to date.
- 2004 - Nintendo drops the price of the Game Boy Advance SP in the US from US$99.99 to US$79.99.
- 2005 - The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis, Missouri, rules that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act disallows altering video games published by Blizzard to link with servers other than the company's official Battle.net site.
- 2006 - Ubisoft releases the Enchanted Arms video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360 in the US.
- 2009 - Activision releases the Guitar Hero 5 video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
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